Egg-carrier



(No Model.)

J., L. JOYCE.

EGG CARRIER.

996. Patented Jan. 11, 1887.

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1 CNITED STATES JOSEPH L. JOYCE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

EGG-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 355,996, dated January 11, 1887.

v Application filed June 1,1886. Serial No. 203,743. (No model.)

2, an under side view of a portion of the same,

Fig. 3, a section cutting through the strips at their crossing, and showing the springs inserted; Fig. 4, asinglespring detached; Fig.

5, a modification in the construction of the plate.

This invention relates to an improvementin the egg-carrier ,for which Letters Patent of the United States, No. 314, 942,were granted to me, dated March 31, 1885. In that patent the invention consisted in a plate having several sets of wire springs thereon, each set composed of several springs, and each spring a single wire, one end of each of saidspringsinserted through the plate and bent down upon the reverse side, the projecting portion of the said single spring benuoutward on the upper surface of the plate and curved upward and inward, so as to form clasps to receive and embrace the egg. The plate was made from a single thickness of wood or other suitable material, and in order to attain sufficient strength a very considera ble thickness of wood was necessary, which made the packages heavy.

The object of my invention is to increase the strength of the plate, and at the same time reduce its weight; and it consists in strips of wood laid transversely across other strips or plate, as the case may be, so that the grain of the wood of the transverse strips will cross the grain of the longitudinal strips or plate, and the springs set through the transverse strip and strip or plate beneath serve to secure the parts together, as more fully hereinafter de scribed.

Preferably I employ longitudinal strips A, and combine with these longitudinal strips transverse strips B. These strips may be made from. very thin wood. The strips are made to cross each other at the point where the springs or holders are to be set.

C are the springs, which are formed, asin my previous patent, from wire, bent at their lower end to form a shank, D, of a length greater than the thickness of the two strips, and so as to form a shoulder, E, to take a bearing upon the upper surface of the strips. The springs from the shoulder are bent outward, upward, and curved inward to form clasps,.as shown in my previous patent.

The shanks D of the springs are set through the two thicknesses or strips and bent down upon the reverse side, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. The springs being set through the strips at the crossing firmly secure them together, and so combine the strips as to form a complete plate or base for the holders, and because of the grain of the wood of the transverse strips crossing the grain of the longitudinal strips the plate is made very strong, and yet but a fractional part of the weight necessary when the plate is made from a single thickness of 7 wood.

The size of the plate, and consequently the number of strips, will depend upon the size of the package in which the carrier is to be placed. As represented in Fig. 1, the plate is designed for one dozen holders.

Instead of making both thicknesses in the form of strips, one thickness--say A-may be made from a single piece, as indicated in Fig. 5, the grain running longitudinally, and upon this transverse strips may be placed, crossing the grain of the plate A. The springs being introduced through the two thicknesses bind them together, as in the first illustration, and the same increase of strength is attained with but a slight addition of weight, as the strips may be very thin.

What I claim as an improvement upon th invention described in Letters Patent N 0. 314,942 is- 1. An egg-carrier consisting of a plate composed of two thicknesses of material, the one thick ness composed ofstrips transversely crossing the other thickness, combined with several sets of spring-holders, each set composed of several springs, eachspring being a single wire, one end of each of said springs inserted through the two thicknesses and bent down upon the reverse side, and. the projecting portion of the said single spring bent outward on the upper surface of the plate and curved upward and inward, substantially as described.

2. An egg-carrier consisting of a series of longitudinal strips, with aseries of strips transversely crossing the longitudinal strips, combined with sets of wire springs, each set composed of several springs, the springs of each set having one end inserted through the said strips at their crossing, bent down upon the to reverse side, and the projecting portion of the said springs bent outward on the upper surface of the plate and curved upward and inward, substantially as described.

J OS. L. J OYGE. Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, FRED O. EARLE. 

